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Officials with the Casco Bay Island Transit District said the increases are needed to bridge a shortfall in annual revenues. Federal grants usually cover the shortfall, but officials said the funds are no longer reliable.

The Casco Bay Island Transit District Board of Directors voted 8-4 this morning to increase the vehicle rate for the ferry to Peaks Island for the first time in more than 15 years.

Several dozen people are asking the Maine Public Utilities Commission to investigate proposed ferry rate changes from Casco Bay Lines, the first in 15 years.

A project to upgrade the Lincolnville-Islesboro ferry has been awarded $7 million from the Federal Transit Administration.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree on Thursday announced $33 million in funding to improve and modernize ferry service in Maine.

Lawmakers, town officials and residents of some of Maine's islands say that recently implemented ferry rates are hurting their community's economy and…

Maine’s ferry service is poised to increase rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but some islanders worry the new system will create gridlock on…

For years, residents of Swans Island and Frenchboro have depended on a mail carrier who not only brought them letters and packages, but other necessities…

CRANBERRY ISLES, Maine _ Residents of the Cranberry Isles face some uncertainty over their future ferry service, as the area's longtime mailboat operator…

PORTLAND, Maine _ Nova Star Cruises has lost its bid to continue running ferry service from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Portland.The provincial government is…